A&P De Villaine Bourgogne Rouge Cote Chalonnaise Les Montots 2020 vintage_2017 vinification in giant foudres and

vinification in giant foudres and subsequent elévage in the same casks

In the 1970’s

Hand harvesting

By 1990 they had started bottling their own wine from what's now 17 hectares of vines and had made quite an impression on none other than Jean-Marie Raveneau who introduced Olivier to Kermit Lynch who's been importing the wine ever since

Pierre de Besnoit has been here since 2000 and now runs the place and is quietly making some of the best and most sought after wines in all of Burgundy

A&P De Villaine Bourgogne Rouge Cote Chalonnaise Les Montots 2020 vintage_2017 vinification in giant foudres andIt might seem a bit surprising that this tiny domaine is so under the radar unless youve met its owner. Aubert de Villaine (the P. is for wife Pamela) is the owner director of the Domaine de la Romane Conti (aka "the domaine"), and one of the most humble, unassuming people Ive ever met in the wine business. His day job involves running the most famous wine estate on the planet which hes been doing since the 1960s when he settled into the family